I love to sing, but it would be hard for me to compete with a Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus). Carolina Wrens are quite small, but their songs and calls are amazingly loud and frequent. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, one captive male Carolina Wren sang nearly 3,000 times in a single day. Yikes! Click on this link if you would like to hear the sounds that a Carolina Wren can make.
I spotted this Carolina Wren on Thursday at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge and followed it around as it went about its normal activities. In the first image, the wren was singing and in the other two shots it was foraging for food.
It is interesting to see how the bird’s body shape seemed to change as the angle of view changed. In the first photo, the wren looks round and chubby, but in the second photo it looks longer and thinner. I took the third shot from a strange angle, but I like the way that it shows the patterns of the bird’s feathers, a pattern that is almost matched by the grain of the wood of the log on which it is perched.
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Great shots, Mike. I like the light streaks over the eyes. They look like racing stripes.
I love wrens, they have such strong voices and attitudes for such small birds. When we lived in Kingstown, there were wrens or one wren that sat on our back deck and sang his/her beautiful song every morning at 6:00 am. The frustrating part about wrens is they hide in the bushes and sing out “I’m here!, Find me” and it is do hard to locate them. They are so cheeky! In England on Boxing Day/Feast of Stephen, boys used to go around to the houses and collect pennies for each dead wren they had. ACK! Poor Wrens.
This is one of my favorite backyard birds – they frequent my feeders, and are so cute. I love the cheerful up-turned tail and bouncy attitude. Great shots! My fave is the first, since it’s a pose I see so often.
Carol
3000x! Wow! Amazing that they don’t lose their voice! LOL! They are great birds!
I love my 4 and can not wait until nesting season ❤
Nice Mike! Enjoyed seeing your Carolina Wren images!
Thanks, Reed.
Nice set, Mike. I find these to be quite shy and elusive and you managed to capture him quite well. Love to hear their song!
Thanks, Eliza. It definitely was a challenge to capture this little guy. In most of my shots, his head was down or turned away or he was buried in the brush and was out of focus.
They are adorable! Women in the country where we live used to hang their dried gourds up with a ‘door’ drilled out to attract these sweet neighbors to live closer! We love them and enjoy them here at the farm!
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Wow. What a cool way to attract the wrens.